Career
He is also an actor with a wide range of movie and television credits, having made his debut in The Lords of Discipline. At 6" and two and a half inches tall, Breland is one of the tallest World Welterweight champions of all time. Amateur Boxing Breland compiled an impressive amateur record of 110–1.
Highlights of which were:
1981 – United States Amateur Welterweight competition, lost to James Ortega on points.
This would be Breland"s only loss as an amateur. 1982 – Gold Medal (Welterweight) at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany
Defeated Vesa Koskela (SWE)
Defeated Mihai Ciubotaru (ROM)
Defeated Manfred Zielonka (FRG)
Defeated Serik Konakbayev (United Research Services)
Defeated Bill Harrington TKO 3
Defeated Tony Golden TKO 2
Defeated Alton Rice on points
Defeated James Mitchell TKO 2
1984 – Qualified as a Welterweight at the 1984 Olympic Trials in Fort Worth, Texas
Defeated Louis Howard on points
Defeated Mylon Watkins TKO 1
Defeated Davey Gutierrez on points
Defeated Louis Howard on points, at the Olympic Box-Offs in Las Vegas.
1984 – Gold Medal (Welterweight) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
Defeated Wayne Gordon (CAN) on points
Defeated Carlos Reyes (PUR) TKO 3
Defeated Rudel Obreja (ROM) on points
Defeated Genaro Leon (MEX) KO 1
Defeated Luciano Bruno (Industry Training Authority) on points
Defeated Yong-Su Ahn (KOR) on points
Professional Boxing Breland turned professional in 1984. He lost it in his first defense to Marlon Starling.
He made three successful title defenses before losing it to Aaron Davis in a back-and-forth 9-round contest that was nearly called off twice because of injuries to Davis" eye before Breland was knocked out in round 9.
In 1997, Breland retired with a professional record of 35–3–1 (25 KOs).
